The Theatre Department at The Governor’s School for The Arts is designed for the student to develop a strong understanding of the theatre drama art form. The department encompasses studies in all facets of acting, with emphasis in theatre performance and theatre design/technology. Theatre Performance focuses on theatre technique and playwriting. The design/technological studies include state-of-the-art instruction in stage lighting, costumes, scenic design, sound design, stage projection and stage management. The program is designed to prepare students for college and beyond with professional careers in all areas of theatre performance art.

Performance History

1987-88 Yerma; The Dining Room; Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1988-89 Antigone; Tartuffe; Working, the Musical
1989-90 Pippin; Blue Window; Fashion
1990-91 Dogg's Hamlet; Cahoot's Macbeth; Mother Courage; She Stoops to Conquer
1991-92 The Machinal; Bill and Ted's Righteous Musical Revue; And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson; Red hot & Cole
1992-93 The Tin Can People; The Children's Hour; Seesaw
1993-94 Dangerous Corner; The Misanthrope; The Beggar's Opera
1994-95 The Living; Anything Goes; The Praying Mantis
1995-96 Museum; The Runner Stumbles; 42nd Street
1996-97 Merrily We Roll Along; The House of Bernarda Alba; A Midsummer Night's Dream
1997-98 The Trojan Women; Machinal
1998-99 Sweet Charity; Assembly of Women; The Ressurectionist
1999-00 Dr. Faustus; Equus; Blood Brothers
2000-01 The Investigation; The Comedy Of Errors; Tommy
2001-02 The Wrestling Season; Little Theatre of the Green Goose; Dracula
2002-03 Playboy of the Western World; In Your Face; The Odyssey
2003-04 Heathen Valley;The Menaechmi;The Tempest
2004-05 Peace; Goodly Creatures; 1984
2005-06--Metamorphoses; Inspired Stages: (Student Written/Adapted Work); Galileo
2006-07--The Cripple of Inishmaan; Wanted: Wyatt Tee Walker; Twelfth Night (or What You Will)
2007-08- Antigone; Blood Wedding; 20th Annaversary Gala
2008-09 - Struwwelpeter; Picasso at the Lapin Agile; The Servant of Two Masters